Chambers Review
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Employment - Yorkshire: North and East
What the Team is Known For
Torque Law is a York-based firm proficient in managing an array of employment law matters for both employers and senior employees. The team is adept at advising on both disputes and non-contentious matters. Specific areas of its expertise include senior exits, internal investigations and disciplinary procedures, as well as business restructurings and TUPE.
Strengths
They are pragmatic, highly responsive, approachable and jargon-free. The team at Torque Law work like an extension of our in-house legal and HR teams.
Torque Law are a great firm and team to work with. HR and employment issues are quite tricky and they're very aware of the sensitivities, very responsive, pragmatic and commercial.
Torque Law go further than giving you the legal position and provide real guidance and support in the decision-making process, with commercial and pragmatic advice on how to resolve the situation.
They offer an amazing service, and after switching to the firm last year, we have seen our legal costs become much more reasonable.
The team are very responsive and consistently deliver quality legal and strategic advice. The approach is always straightforward and based on common sense and pragmatic principles.
Work Highlights
Torque Law represented Virgin Active in six employment tribunal cases, resulting in successful outcomes for the client.
Notable practitioners
Emma Whiting is esteemed for her broad employment practice, which sees her handle high-profile and sensitive senior exits and significant business restructurings. She is also adept at defending unfair dismissals and discrimination claims before the Employment Tribunal.
I have nothing but the highest praise and regard for Emma.
Emma provides fabulous support with pragmatic awareness of both the context and the legal options.
Emma is amazing. She is responsive, incredibly knowledgeable, and provides advice in a way which works for me and our business.
We always have 100% confidence in Emma's work.
Tiggy Clifford advises local and national employers on business-critical employment issues including litigation, restructuring and senior exits. She is also comfortable advising senior executives.
Tiggy is great to work with - very professional but also with a personal approach. She takes the time to listen and understand.
Tiggy gives consistently excellent support from across a wide range of employment law subjects. She is pragmatic and very knowledgeable.
Tom Watkins assists clients across all sectors, but has particular expertise in advising independent schools and takes a particular interest in nuanced educational issues. He regularly gives advice on day-to-day employment law matters, as well as restructuring, TUPE, discrimination and whistle-blowing.
Tom is an excellent solicitor who always has time to discuss your issues.
Tom is always very good and technically capable, and was able to get something which appeared impossible over the line.
The quality of Tom's service, his tailoring of his advice to our business and the timeliness of his responses is outstanding.
We are very happy with the advice and support received from Tom.
Emma Cousins is a legal director who continues to develop a strong, varied employment law practice. She advises employers on a broad range of matters, including employment tribunal claims, redundancy exercises and senior executive exits. As well as her pure employment practice, she regularly advises on business immigration matters.
Emma is very strong.
Emma takes the time to understand our needs and provides the necessary advice to get matters over the line in a timely manner, even when I haven't given her much time to do so!